18 U.S.C. § 3126
Section 3126 · Reports concerning pen registers and trap and trace devices
This is § 301 of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Shaktman v. State (1989)
Most recently applied in 515 F. Supp. 2d 325 - In Re Orders (1) Authorizing Use of Pen Registers (September 2007)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Attorney General shall annually report to Congress on the number of pen register orders and orders for trap and trace devices applied for by law enforcement agencies of the Department of Justice, which report shall include information concerning—
(1) the period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order;
(2) the offense specified in the order or application, or extension of an order;
(3) the number of investigations involved;
(4) the number and nature of the facilities affected; and
(5) the identity, including district, of the applying investigative or law enforcement agency making the application and the person authorizing the order.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3126 was renumbered section 3127 of this title.
Amendments
2000—Pub. L. 106–197 substituted “, which report shall include information concerning—” and pars. (1) to (5) for period at end.
1988—Pub. L. 100–690 renumbered section 3125 of this title as this section.